Thread: Ratio of HR staff to employee numbers

Can anyone share with me if they use an ratio of HR staff to employee numbers within their organisations please? And if you do, what is it based on. For example, do you take into account number of countries looked after by the HR dept; does it include the payroll function; does it include managing and facilitating expatriate moves?

I'm currently reviewing the structure of my dept and am struggling to find information about what's viewed as a 'typical' ratio and how things like number of countries, etc, could impact that ratio.

Appreciate any information anyone can give.

best rgds
Bar

my "rule of thumb" less hands-on intervention 100:1

good HR involvement 50:1

I would agree with Lindsayb, but some SMEs can't justify a full time HR person, guess it really depends on the people and systems in place too.

For example if Payroll falls under HR too, then 50:1 might be light, and therefore an administrator might be needed.